>On Fri, 21 Feb 1997 08:36:10 -0700 Jerry J Bromenshenk
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>>Wonder what it means when the Captain of a ship that sunk takes up
>>beekeeping?  Obviously, he didn't go down with the ship.
>
>It means that the "The Captain is the last to leave the ship" is a crock!
>
>Al
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The Captain does not have to go down with the ship.  The last to go down
simply means that he ensures all others are safely in lifeboats, rafts, or
picked up, etc.  He is responsible for the lives of his crew, and must not
abandon any of them.  When all are acoounted for, he can then leave.
Nowhere is it written that the Captain must drown if the ship sinks!!!>
 
Eunice